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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 44.10. Sheriff To Report Escape

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Art. 44.10. [825] [913] [881] SHERIFF TO REPORT 
ESCAPE.  When any such escape occurs, the sheriff who had the 
prisoner in custody shall immediately report the fact under oath to 
the district or county attorney of the county in which the 
conviction was had, who shall forthwith forward such report to the 
State prosecuting attorney.  Such report shall be sufficient 
evidence of the fact of such escape to authorize the dismissal of 
the appeal.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.                                

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